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| Use keywords, not long search phrases |
Instead of searching for "How is legislation impacting the production of electric vehicles? break down your search into the main keywords: legislation, impact, production, Electric vehicles |
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Use quotation marks (" ") to keep phrases together Use AND to combine different keywords |
legislation AND "electric vehicles" |
| Use OR to combine similar/associated keywords | (EV OR "electric vehicles") |
| Look for ways to limit your search in the database | You can often limit by type of article (scholarly and peer-reviewed), year of publication, subject |
| Truncation Many databases use an asterisk (shift + 8) |
Politic* as a search returns results on multiple endings. Politic, Politics, Political, Politically, etc. |
Just because and article is published does not mean it is quality. Many spaces on the web are spaces where questionable information can and is published, waiting for "information consumers."
Author(s) - Does the author have the “right” to write about this topic.
Owner/Sponsor - If there was no author, read the ABOUT US section of the website. What is the mission, vision, purpose of the article/site/information? If you can’t figure our author OR Owner - do NOT use the information.
Currency - In business currency it key. Use information that is as current as possible to help understand where an industry, business, company, market, may be going/headed.
Quality - how is the information reviewed? Is there an editor, peer-review process, some check on quality? Do they cite their sources (note - lookup cited sources for quality check).
Purpose - What is the intention of the site? To inform, persuade, to sell, or some other purpose? Does the site have an inordinate number of ads, cookies, etc. - why do you think this is?
